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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-28

TNHE BEST KIP BOOTS at two dollars and
4 fourteen cents such as are sold all over the
State at two dollars and seventy i've cents, at
sep3O KAUFMANN'S
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-09-07
Chemistry.

Chemistry is the science of the
world and of the future. The bridge
which it takes the engineer years to
construct, the chemist can, in so many
sixtieths of second, reduce to atoms.
Chemistry has given us the balloon
it has put into our hands gunpowder,
nitro-glycerine, dynamite, and, above
all, illuminate of gold, an explosive SO
terrible that, if an ounce of it be left in
a stoppered bottle, its grains falling
among themselves of their own weight
will create convulsion sufficient to
lay New York city in ruins. 1t has
given us poison so subtle that, were
we to employ such means of warfare,
we would sail in balloon over the
camp Of the enemy, and drop upon it
a shell, the bursting Of which would
kill every human being within a mile
of its range.-Ex.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-09-07
Scientific and Useful.

The best remedy for chilblains is
said to be a mixture Of one part of
tincture of iodine to three parts of
glycerine
Canada balsam, thinned with lit
tie turpentine, benzine, or ether. is
the cement used to joining transpar-
ent glass, such as lenses, &c.
Spasmodic Group is generally re-
lieved by a few doses of Piso's Cure.
Fishes balance themselves in water
by the muscular contraction of the
air bladder. At death the muscles
relax and the air bladder expands,
raising the fish to the surface.
An eminent physician is reported
as having said that many lives are
lost by starvation owing to an over
estimate of the Hutritive value of beef
tea and meat juices. In typhus and
typhoid fevers, he says, there is no
good substitute for milk and eggs.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is also
good for cold in the head. headache,
&c. SOC.
A paste that will not draw engrav-
ings when pasted down on paper must
be thin. A mixture of gum traga-
canth and gum arabic forms with wa
ter thinner mucilage than either of
these gums alone. Rice -four is said
to make an excellent paste for fine
paper work.
Consumptives must not despair.
Thousands have been saved by Piso's
Cure therefore take courage, and
use this valuable medicine. Only %
cents.
Grease and stain extractor: :, Soft
soap and fuller's earth, of each half a
pound: beat well together in a NOR
tar, and form into cakes. The spot,
first moistened with water, is rubbed
with cake and allowed to dry, when
it is well rubbed with little warm
water and rinsed or rubbed off clean.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-09-07
ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SHE TOLD NE

She told me not TO love her.
And didn't any moro;
But held the shade above her
As we walked upon the shore,
And then hogan TO love her
Precisely as before.
She told me not 10 meet her
Al moonlight on the sand;
But nothing could be sweeter
Than even that command.
And SO dared 20 meet her
And take her by the hand.
She told me, too, that dancing
She greatly did abhor;
But soon we two were prancing.
The rulers OF the floor
And then 1 wished that dancing
Would last foreyermore.
She told me that she hated
My mean persistency,
And SO calmly waited,
But scarcely left her free,
Hoping the man she hated
might not chance TO be-
She told me 10 avoid her,
An order should heed;
Hut I, who had enjoyed her
Sweet presence, felt It's need,
And so did avoid her
Her absence, yes, indeed.
She told me that TO marry
Was quite against her plan;
But schemes like that miscarry,
AS many another can;
So now she means to marry,
And l am TO be the man.
Nv y Sun.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-09-07

"Have you been kept in again at
school ?" asked an Austin father OF
his son, who came Sinking home just
at dark.
Eyes, sir, didn't know my jografy
lesson.
"Good heavens alive boy, if you
are kept in that way now, at little
one horse school, when you 60 to the
the unworthy at Austin, you won't get
home once every two or three years"
-Arkansaw Traveller.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-09-07
ENJOYING A NAP.
Some Interesting Comments on the Natu-
raj Position for Slumber.

Some Interesting Comments on the Natu-
raj Position for slumber.
Passing along the street recently
saw bootblack enjoying nap. He
had stretched himself across a little
platform on which there was chair
for the accommodation of his patrons,
and, with his legs hanging off the end
of it and his head hanging off the other
end, he seemed to be enjoying sleep as
very few people in better circum-
stances and better bed ever enjoy it.
But what Interested me was the posi-
ton of his head, for it brought to my
mind learned and highly interesting
lecture on the subject of sleep which !
heard several years ago at Farwell
Hall, from DR.. Jewell. The doctor
concurred in the orthodox view that
sleep was the effect of anemia.
or the retirement of the blood
from the brain, and mentioned
good many facts that went
to prove the truth of this theory. For
instance, any ordinary sleeplcssness.
after lying down at night, may be
cuiCu w oituuS up III ucu, % tHdt
gravity will encourage the blood to
leave the head. But all the facts that
can be marshaled Of that kind. seem to
be more than Offset by the single fact
that the natural position for slumber is
one in which the flow of blood to the
head is greatly facilitated, while in
many cases, as in the case of this boot
black, it goes on interruptedly when
the circumstances all favor congestion
of the brain. Almost every one has
seen a man sleep in boiling sun, with
his head down hill, and his stomach
and veins full of alcohol; and great
many people have found cure for
sleeplessness in gentle stimulant of
the circulation before retiring. The
truth is that sleep is an enigma to the
medical profession. The rest of us are
content to know it, with the poet, as
tired natures sweet restorer, balmy
sleep. y Chicago Journal.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-09-07

Mr.. N. ii. Frohlichstein, OF Mobile, Ala,
writes: take great pleasure in recon-
mending DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. having used 1t for severe
attack of Bronchitis and Catarrh. 1t
gave me instant relief and entirely cured
me and have not been afflicted since. l
also beg leave to state that had tried
other remedies with no good result. Have
also used Electric Bitters and DR.. Kings
New Life Pills, both of which can re-
commend. DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, Is sold
on a positive guarantee. Trial bottles
free at Field & Gray's drug store. 1
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-09-07
.Tbere is a bad coon in Brockv;

There is bad coon in Brockville,
Can. 1t recently attacked sow with
a litter of pigs. She fought him off as
best she could until the uproar at
tracted a squad of other hogs, which
rushed to the sow's assistance and sue
cceded in driving the coon away. The
latter, however, after abandoning the
contest, stood, bristles up, sulkily watch.
ing the hogs, whereupon a woman who
was looking on threw stick at him.
To her establishment the animal at once
pounced upon her and began tearing
her dress to pieces. After much excr-
ton she succeeded in beating him off.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-09-07

Mr.. M. Shoemaker, Vice President,
Northern National Bank, Toledo, o., hav-
ing suffered from rheumatism, says Sur
prise Liniment Is the best he has ever used.
Try 1t. At druggists. 614y1
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-09-07

1t has been observed that the guam
tity Of electricity furnished by ma
chine increases considerably when the
latter works in an atmosphere of COM
pressed air. A machine that produces
for instance, under ordinary atmos-
pheric pressure, fifteen sparks minute
while making 400 revolutions, pro-
duces thirty-two when the pressure Is
increased to two atmospheres. BY
further increasing the pressure the
quantity Of electricity generated is con-
klderably increased. Boston Budget
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-09-07

Good taste rejects excessive nicely;
it treats little things, and is not hurt
by them.-Fenelon.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-09-07

The hardest rock is made from the
softest mud. Don't allow the senti-
ment of habit to harden into vice.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1887-09-07

A Pet Bear and His Funny ways-Ths
Boys and tho Panther-How an Indian
Was Whipped by an Old Sow.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-04
CANINE SAGACITY.
How Chicago Dog Tried Co Deceive Hin
self and His Mistress.

How Chicago Dog Tried Co Deceive Him
self and His Mistress.
A lady living on the North Side is the
owner Of very sagacious Newfoundland
dog called Don, says the Chi
cago Journal The other day Don, who
quite frequently goes to the grocery OIL
market for his mistress, was sent after a
basket Of eggs. AS he was returning
home, carrying his bask ct with proud,
dignified air, he met dog against whom
he evidently had an old grudge He set
his burden down carefully on the walk;
then, giving a bark of challenge, started
after his enemy on dead run. A friend
of his mistress, who witnessed this pro-
ceeding, picked up the basket and car
ried it to its proper destina alton. Mean
while, Don, having vanquished his foe,
returned to the spot where he had left
his eggs. On discovering that they had
disappeared, he ran around frantically
trying to find them. Finding his effort
vain, he sat down and lifted up his voice
in howl of anguish, as visions OF
his mistress whip, or at least
the loss Of his dinner crossed
his mind. Suddenly he started for homl
at brisk trot. Sneaking out into the
back yard, he picked up an old, discarded
basket that lay in one corner Of the yard
and carried it in and deposited it at the
feet of his mistress. He has been taught
| that when he goes to the grocery for any
| article they do not happen to have, to re
turn and give succession Of sharp banks
| This he proceeded to do, as If 10 say
"They.wers out of eggs to-day"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-04

tice law, the Supreme Court decided
that Miss Leila ]. Robinson, though
properly qualified, was not person;
and a special act of the Legislature
had to be passed to enable her to prac-
tice. Now, for the first time, the
question has arisen whether man is
person. One Samuel Clark, recently
arrested and bound over to the grand
jury for being found in disorderly
house in Iowa, was released on writ
of habeas corpus, tried before Judge
Given The grounds for the decision
were that the word person as used in
the statutes does not apply to a man
found in such a house, but only to
women. The Iowa Tribune caustical-
ly says:
"In other words, woman is per-
son when the law wishes to punish
her, but man equally guilty is not a
person. Again, on election day a
woman is not person, because voting
is to be done; but man is person,
and has the privilege of making laws
and electing Judge Given to interpret
| them"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-04
Art Education for Women.

No investment of funds, says Mrs
Livermore, will yield so large an inter
est to an American city, as the money
given to found technical and industrial
schools, where gifted and promising
girls can be trained for such occupa.
tons at small expense to themselves.
Their commercial value, alone, should
give them practical Importance in any
community. And as industrial art
and fine art have, in the main, the
same elementary basis, whatever pro-
notes the former must aid the latter
directly or indirectly; and thus the
public taste will be elevated, and the
public judgment of art-matters edu-
Gated.
l have emphasized the need and
value of industrial art-education for
women, because of the deficiency in
this respect in our present school sys.
tens; and because it offers to the am.
bition of women an almost limitles:
field, not crowded with applicants, az
is the profession of teaching.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-04
WOMAN'S SPHERE.
Harriet Beecher Stoves Ideas of What
Women Should BE Permitted to Do.

Harriet Beecher Stoves Ideas of What
Women should BE Permitted to Do.
Woman's Rights conventions are
protest against many former absurd,
unreasonable ideas-the mere physical
and culinary idea of womanhood, as
connected only with buildings and
shirt-buttons, the unjust and unequal
burdens which the laws of harsher
ages bad cast upon the sex. Many of
the women connected with these
movements are as superior in every
thing properly womanly as they are in
exceptional talent and culture.
There is no manner of doubt that
the sphere of woman is properly to be
enlarged, and that republican govern
ments in particular are to be saved
from corruption and failure only by
allowing to woman this enlarged
sphere. Every woman has rights as
human being first, which belong to no
sex, and ought to be as freely con-
coded to her as if she were a man
and first and foremost, the great right
of doing any thing which God and
nature evidently have fitted her to ex-
eel in. If she be made a natural ora
tor, like Miss Dickinson, or an astron-
omer, like Mrs. Somerville, or a
singer, like Grisi, let not the technical
rules of womanhood be thrown in the
way of her free use other powers Nor
can there be any reason shown why a
woman's vote in the State should not
be received with as much respect as in
the family.
A State is but an association Of fam
lilies, and laws relate to the rights and
immunities which touch woman's most
private and immediate wants and dear
est hopes, and there is no reason why
sister, wife and mother should be more
powerless in the State than in the
home. Nor does it make woman I'M
womanly to express an opinion by drop
ping a slip of paper into box, more
than to express that same opinion by
conversation. In fact, there is no
doubt that. in all matters relating to
the interests of education, temperance
and religion, the State would be a ma
terial gamer by receiving the votes OF
women. Harriet Beecher Stolce.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-04
VIGILANCE REWARDED.
How . German Police Oficer Wore the
Cross of the Legion Of Honor.

How . German Police Oficer Wore the
Cross of the Legion of Honor.
The Schnaebele case brings back to
mind an incident in connection with
the secret political police, which oc-
Cured in Stuttgart in 1856, At that
time King William of Wurtemburg had
arraigned meeting of the Emperors of
France and Russia in his capitol.
Great was the inflex of visitors, and
still greater the fear of an attempt
upon the life of the ruler of France.
Besides the whole of the home police
force, all the gendarmes that could be
spared were ordered to Stuttgart, and
the men of both services put in civili-
ans dress, recognizable, however,
by secret badge. On the part of the
French authorities a whole brigade of
detectives under the direction of M.
d'Hirevoy, had also been sent and the
united forces placed under the immedi-
ate orders of the Municipal Director,
Councillor Won Majer. Unbeknown to
the latter M. d'Hirevoy had
taken upon himself to bring
with him some six or eight
of the smartest mouchards. who were
to watch closely not only the rest of his
men, but also the Stuttgart police. BY
lucky accident-or clever trick
Herr Won Majer discovered the French
mans ruse, and scarcely had these
mouchards arrived and fairly installed
themselves at different hotels when
every one of them was arrested and
promptly brought before him. In vain
were their assurances that they be
longed to the 'profession;" Herr Won
Majer turned deaf ear to their solemn
protestations. and quietly told them:
ut is useless to try to deceive me
your colleagues have been personally
presented to me, and l know every one
of them" NJ d'Hirevoy pleaded his
best in their favor, but he had to
humble himself and acknowledge the
corn" The next morning early Herr
Won Majer was sent for by the Emperor
Napoleon. who personally handed him
the cross of Commander of the Legion
of Honor, adding smilingly that he had
never been better watched in his life
american Register.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-04
A Woman Member.

Will you not, in the interest Of
women, please agitate and re-agitate
the question of a woman mendere
do not mean a member of women, but
a mender of clothes, sewer-on of but
tons, ETC., who. making this special
ty, might support herself. and greatly
relieve over-burdened brain and hand
workers among women. She could
have her times and seasons appointed
for each family or individual. and
charge each one so moderately. and dc
the work so well, that she would soon
become permanent and most benei-
cent institution.
am going to see, at my earliest
leisure, if we can not start this enter
prise in my own town. Woman wants
bread as well as the ballot, and when
ever she gets one of these she has
taken a step toward the other.
FRANCES E. WILLARD.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-04
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.
The carbon of plants comes from

The carbon of plants comes from
the air.
Correct plant shapes by pruning.
Plants do better when not watered
often, but copiously.
Many good farmers use little
manure at time, but apply it often.
"A good garden may not appear to
bring in much money on the farm, but
it saves a great deal.
Boil whortleberries five minutes;
the amount of sugar to quart jar
should be four ounces.
To clean nickle on stoves use soda
wet in ammonia. Apply with an old
toothbrush and rub with wooden
cloth.
Stains from tea or coffee will come
out at once if they be taken Immediate
ly and held over pail while boiling
water is turned over them.
High farming is like the keeping
of superior animals. To get the best
returns, not only the animals but the
soil must be fed.-Fdrm, Field and
Stocknan.
1t is folly to require the hired man
and the boys to put the tools in their
places" unless you have provided a
place, and suitable and convenient
one at that
Experience has shown me exactly
what varieties of vegetables suit this
soil and climate. never try to grow
fancy varieties just for the novelty of
the thing. Garden.
ALI the best butter comes from
what are styled 'fancy farms" which
indicates that the so-called clancy"
farmers are those who adopt the most
improved methods and use only the
choicest stock. CteuIand Leader.
An Indiana farmer states the own
er of a quarter-section of prairie lane
should be able to raise and sell ten ia
steers and forty hogs each year, be
| oluto IdlollR lOOu CiiouSl w supply hi'
family. If his stock is good his casl
sales will amount to about $1,000 pc
year.
Ice Cream: Take six cream cheese
and the cream that comes with them
two cans condensed milk, four cup
powdered sugar, fifteen eggs, whites
and yelks beaten separately, add on
quart cold water, beat all together
Flavor with vanilla and add the whites
last. Freeze-Erchange.
"A Connecticut man says bushe
may be protected from the ravages o
insects by very cheap and simpl
device. A few torches placed in tn
vicinity of the trees, vines or shrubs
lighted at twilight and left to burn al
hour or two, will destroy thousands o
millers. moths and rosebugs that woul
otherwise light and do mischief. Fl
says he has practiced it for years, an
his trees and shrubbery have not sui
fered, while the pests have caused hi
neighbors annoyance and loss. 1t wi
cost very little to try it. A simpl
torch, fed by kerosene, so as to make
light and an open flame, is all that
! required. Indianapolis Journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-04
The Ballots EIevating Influence.

Properly considered, the woman suf-
frage movement is, or should be, OF
the profoundest interest to all the
friends of labor reform. The ballot
always elevates and improves the in
dustrial condition of the person hold
ing it. The negro was freed without
being enfranchised, but it was his bal.
lot that put him on an equal footing
with the white man in the labor
market. That women to-day are sub.
ject to inequalities of condition. unjust
Determinations as to wages and terms
of labor, as compared with men, is a
fact. That with the ballot in their
hands these inequalities and unjust
determinations would cease is, we be-
lieve, certain. That they should
cease is for the interest of all the peo-
pie who labor, men and women alike.
Once the working-men grasp this
truth the movement for woman suf-
frage will receive an impetus that will
surely carry it to victory. Boston
Globe.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-04
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

Miss LOUISE IMoGEN Quincy is
about to bring out new volume OF
poems.
Mrs. JULIA c. r. DoRR will spend
the summer in England and Scotland.
Mrs. OLE BULL has taken Mr.. Ed
win Booths house on Chestnut street,
Boston, for next winter.
Mrs. JAMES T. FIELDS has one Of the
choicest collections of autograph letters
of authors in America.
NINE. MARIE DRoNsART, a French
woman, has written biography OF
Bismarck in three volumes.
QUEEN MARGHARITA, of Italy, has
established an asylum for the blind in
the Baths of Diocletian at Rome.
Mrs. SUSAN L. MILLS, with her late
husband, founded Mills College, Oak
land, Cal. She is now the principal,
and has added $4,000 to its endow-
ment.
Mrs. HARRIET STANTON BLAToH
crowds great deal of truth into nut
shell when she says: "Women are moi
too ignorant to vote, but men are toe
ignorant to grant them the vote"
Miss ELIZABETH CURTIS. George
William Curtis daughter, has formed
Working Women's Guild on Slater
Island, with reading-rooms, library
and pleasant evening recreations.
ARcHDUcHEss MARIE VALERIE, o
Austria, who is betrothed to the he'll
presumptive to the crown of Saxony
has literary tastes and is frequen
contributor to German magazines
KATHERINE lyman, an Irish lad,
who has written some beautiful poems
is about to publish new volume en-
titled "Shamrocks, (which will be ded
icated to her friends William an,
Christina Rosetti.
MRS. ELIZABETH SMITH SHoRTT, on
i of the first graduating class of tn
Kingston Women's Medical College
was chosen as lecturer upon medica
jurisprudence and sanitary science il
the Woman's Medical College of Kings
ton, Can, at the Last meeting of tn
Board of Trustees.
THE idea of woman suffrage ha
crossed the State line from Kansas, an
invaded Missouri. At the Ministers
Alliance, held in Kansas City, Thurs
day, June 2, the question was for con
sideration, and a majority of the mir
listers present favored the extension c
suffrage to women.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-08-04
Legal Personality of Woman,

The question whether a woman is le-
gally a person has come up before the
courts at different times. and has been
decided in the affirmative or in the
negative according to the liberality or
conservatism of the judges. Thus, in
Massachusetts, where properly quail
ted ''persons" were entitled to prse-